The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-02 00:00:00

ONEY -- MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: Within the past few days there has been a gradual increase in the inquiry for monetary assist ance, and the rates have consequently been tend ing in an upward direction. This morning the brokers have been charging 71- per cent. for the very best description of short dated commercial paper, and there are still symptoms that higher quotations may yet prevail, A further sum of £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Seine, which left this morning with the West Indian mails, conveyed £11,480 in specie. The Norfolk has arrived from Melbonrnelwith £31,300 in gold. The return issued by the Bank of England for the past weak is less satisfactory than was ex pected, notwithstanding the recent large purchase of gold, and the small derrand for discounts at that establishment. Subjoined are the particulars'-- Active Circulation • • • • .. X 20,738,100 Increase .. 227,430 Bullion .. • • • • •• .. 12,980,033 Increase • • • • .• '1,48,282 Rest •• • • .. 3,559,557 Increase .. .. 216030 Public Deposits • 5,815,742 Increase .. 527,017 Other Deposits.. 13,093,751 Decrease .. . .. 640,410 Seven Day and other Bills .. 551,224 Inorease .. • . • • 14,826 Government Securitie.s. No alteration. 10,797,095 Other Securities • 20,164,246 increase 196,631 Notes Unemployed .. 6,141,875 Decrease .• • • • • • . 80,045 Very few changes of importance are shown in the Bank of France return for the past week. The cash has been decreased by £50,000, and the ad. vances by £20,000. The discounts exhibit not the least change, while the notes in circulation have been increased by £26,700, the treasury balances 4104,000, and the current accounts £466,700. The Share list of Hewett and Co. will close on Tuesday next, the 6th inst. During the last two days there has been rather less animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce L Markets. Sugar has been dull, but without change as regards values. The operations in tea have been Suspended until the public sales, which will com mence on Tuesday next. In rice a moderate business has been reported, while full prices are obtained for coffee, In the Tallow Market, however, there has been a reaction, prices having given way for both present aLci fox ward delivery. Two At Paris thi s day, according t o Mr. CLOCK Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66f, 75c. A very heavy market has prevailed all day for English Stocks. Continuous sales have caused a further decline to-day ofd per cent., and affairs at the Stock Exchange present a very dull and de. A ‘ pressed appearance. Consols for money and ac count are now quoted 881 k. The New Threes et , and R e d uce d Annuities are k f, Ex div.; March fit! Exchequer Bills, 20.3. to 102. die. ; and June ditto, 275. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., 103/ 104. et( In the F ore i gn M arket there is very little busi. e ness, and a general downward movement has taken e place in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 1: 70 4 ; do. Consolides, 501 ; Mexican, 281 k ; do. New, 251 26 ; Greek, 231 244 ; Spanish Passive, e l: 31 /; do. Certificates, 14 k ; Russian, 87 / 881, ; and the Confederat e L oan, 74 75, ( In the Railway Sh are M arket there has been et' rather more business transacted, but prices have, in most insta nces , ex hibi te d a downward move- xi ment. Great Northern and West Midland have et each declined X 1 10s. Midland and South Eastern, g a t each L 1; South W estern, 153.; Lancashire and t Yorkshi re , 1 ; and Great Western, North Western, it and North Eastern (Berwick) each bs. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been very inactive, without any change of import- e anca to note in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also in limited demand, Alliance have declined to 544 ; Hindu stan, China, and Japan to 31f; Imperial Ottoman to 16i ; and Landon Financial to 231, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols .................. 8 8/ Do Account, Au g . 8 . ......... ...... 881 3 per Cent. Reduced .................. 86i I 6 New 3 per Cent....................... 891 * a I 6 New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891 ............ Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 ............ Annuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... Exchequer Bill s, £l ,OOO, 3 & 3 . 20 27 Do Mach. Junel per:Cent Do £5OO ................ 10 £lOO „_ -Do Ac count and £2OO ........ Bank England Stk, 5f per Ct........... ........................ Immix GOVERNMENT .SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... 212 Do Account ........................ Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .......... 104 k :if 4 Do Account.... .................... -- Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates ........ .• •.. ................ Do Account ........................ DDo 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. o 4} pei Cent .................. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ........ Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ...... e ..... -- Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 .......... Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 18661 DoDo Bonds .61,000 .................... -- under Xl,OOO .................... 25 FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ............ Brazilian 5 per Cent. ................ -- Do 41 p er Cent., 1852-58-60 ........ Buenos Ay res 6 Do 1863 ................ —. per Cent .............. Do Accoutn.... . CDo 4} per Cent .................... Colombian 6 per Cent.......,......... -- üba, 6 per Cent. .................... -- Do 6 per Cent. 1864 ............ Equador New Consolidated, i per C'ent.. •-•• DDo, Proviso al Land Warrant.. ...... --. anish 3 per Cent. .............. 1825 E Do 4 per Cent, 1863 .............. gyptian 7 Per Cent .................. - - D o , Second Issue - .................. Greek 6 per Cent., D1824-5, ex-Coupons.. _.LD o Cou Account. ....................... 24a i 4 pons ........................ mal Guatea 5 per Cent. ................ Do 1839 and 1859 .................. Mltalian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana B,ailway) -- exican 3 per Cent ................. -- Do Account 281 i Do •...................... . 864 ................ 26i 6 Preach Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c ........ Do 6 per Cent. An ........ -- die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Cent................. Moorish Imperial 5 per ........ 93 New Granada ........................ Do 2 per Cent. .................... -- Do Deferred ........................ o Land Warrants (Hectares) ........ Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864.. Do do Peruvian. 4 1 per Cent. Au g ., 1866 .. . •................ DoD 3 per Cent. (Uribarren).......... o 41 per C'ent., 1862 .............. Do Account ........................ Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Do Account ...................... . • 47a Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9 '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account ....................... Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ......... DDo 41 per Cent., 1850 ................ Do 1860 ........ o 3 per C en t 1 859 ........ Do 5 pe r C ent ............... . 65 , h 1862 .......... 871 8 Do Anglo-Dutc . ... Do Scrip, £4O paid............ Sardini an 5 per Cent .................. pin -- Do Account .. Spanish 3 ...................... per Cent .................. - - Do Account ..................... 491 a 1)o New Deferred .................. Do Account ............... Doo Passiv e ......... ........................ -- Account ..................... 3 1a a t Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... Do Account ..................... 14k i 14 Swedish, 4 per Cent. ........... be Scrip, £6O paid .... ; .. ..... ..... ---- put Turkish G per Cent. 1854 .............. 1)Do Account ............ 901 0 6 Per Cent : iLi ................ Do Account .............. • • . 6-9- Do £lOO . Boua .. ...................... iDo 6 per Cent. 1.8672* ................ Do Account .................. 7 Do £lOO Bonds. ................. • • 7 i a Do ~,,,_ . ............ 10U4 ............. .--. VDo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ..... 9 9 enezuela 3 per Colt. ................ DDo Account ........................... —3 o 6 per Cent., 1862 ................ Do Account .... Do Scrip £4 5 paid .......... ..... Dividends on th e a b ove payable . .-- dis in Lo n d on lonsols M THREE O' CLOCK. alone ... BBl .... ... Do Account...... ...• • • 88 1 I ....—___ Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, at quiet. Bales probably 3,000 bales ORDINARY SHA ,ES AND STOOKS. ?hare Railways. Pa i d. Closing Business Price. done. 13.14. / Mr.. Wol., and Str. Val lan at f Blythe and Tyne...... r 100 10 .13ost.,Sleaf.,andMid . e o. ' all at 'Bristol and Exeter .... xoo st i . Caledonian ...•. 10 .... ....., 50 :Cork and Bandon ...... : a:1 20 'Cornwall I all 10 Do A - ' l ' 2et "lo div • 10 'Do. B till6Pc•Pan•bas' i all ) all been paid to 11.1 50 Dublin & B e l fast June.' all t 25 D un. , Perth,tirAb. Juno. , all st :Edinburgh & Glasgow. l 100 at :Glasg. and S. Western.' 100 at IGreatEastern, Ord. stk 100 st Ditto A stock ...—.I 100 s t Ditto EastA ng li an st 100 st iGreatNorthof Scotland 100 at Great Northern 100 at I Do A stock at Do Bdo at .Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 100 at Great Western . ..... at Do Str Val Yorkshire stock 100 at Lanoashite & Yorkshire IGO at at ,London and Bl ac k wa ll 100 Lou., Bright. 4 S. Coast I 100 at ILon., Chat., and Dover' 100 at Lon. & Noeh Westernl 100 at Lon. & Scr4th Westernl 100 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all l 2 Do t shared.. : all st Metropolitan 1 all _ -- 84 66 1211 1254 6 7 32 34 16 17 8) 01 11t tl3 466 476 461 7 7i P 9 131 141 FP.' 142 1i 127 130 129 90 92 681 69 1 682 I 115 b 116 1 1151 i 65 67 652 10e. 1(.3 40 42 40f 1 1 121 1121, 6i1 112* f 95 I 6, l 6 654 5 iMidlaiad Do New Do Birming. 4 Derby Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent ...• Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundeel Nth. Eastern—Berwia Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New ..... . North Staffordshire I N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central .....„ Scot. N. E., Aber, stoat Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welciipool IShropshire Union .... (South Dev0n.......... ...... ..... ISouth Eastern South Wales IS. York. and River Dun Istaines,Wok.,andWok i Stockton 4 Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. ... ..... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim I 1 Waterford 4 Kilkenny' l West Cornwall 3 W. Hartlepool Har.4lt ! I West Midland --Or.lordi I Do Newport , I Do Hereford: 1 107 208 11071 1 1311 1311 1 1311 1 101 1( 3 51 65 154 25 1051 WO 106! - 84 C 5 I 84f 93 94 /93 123 126 4 'l4 p 11 75 77 11 11 125 130 57 59 24 $6 83i 64 81 31 'lOl 103 7 8 38 37 9 10 74 84 G . 160 165 6 t 2 3 p 101 103 34 36 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways ktlantio St St Lawrene, Liom.,Baroda&Cent In° . Gu. 6 per cent........ 20 Do. New .. 20 Do. E. Shares... :04 Bunalo and Laxe Huron 10 Do. Preieronce ...... 10 1 lituralo,Brant,itGodria 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187:2 1 0 Do. do. July 1, 1870 10 Do. do. June 1, I:_c - -2 t Clcutta.,•.-S.Eastn.(l,nu t Cape Town ez. Dock Seri] ok Bastn. Bengal g- u. 6 p. i ok !East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. u Do. do. G Ext..... D Do. do. H do. ..1 ok Grand Trunk of Canadai Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. / Do. do. deferred...... / Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. / , Do. do. deferred...... I Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... I Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred-- k Gt.indiaPernn.gua.sp.c Do. New r;ua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. 1k Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. i Gt. W. of Canada Shares IDo. New .. ... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... LO Indian Branch Limited ok Madras. guar., 5 p. o. 1 'ok Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 1 lek De. 44 do 1 4hare Paid. all Closing Price. ilinsin 58 60 59 101 102 100 100 100 100 100 101) 20 15(; . . VIM Kiienedon. ;ock H nelb.Cor_p. 6 P. o. Buds. 50 Melb. & obson's Bay. 00 Do. 7p. C. Mortg. Bds. 20 Newßrunswick a Canda Class A and 8.. N.ltl.C'da3 pc Ist pt bds, bock Soinde ock Do. Delhi &O Do. do st Do. Puh,htub Do. Do. ...... )ok Do. In dus. S t - . Flo.) dis p J 5} 75 80 75 60 75 80 97 9) 931 94 96 102 104 101 102 101 a 191 20t 19! 20i 19 2.) 19 71 73 60 S 3 65 67 55 57 48 5: 43 45 27 29 25 28 28i 102 103 par ir I 99 101 94 10 101 1011 ,- ; 89 91 82 84 d p 994 100 h 100 k 93 95 914 a 89 91 , , 8 CO j ggi si 80 8 994 ILO4 1 ,19 IGO4 Id par 9Ji lUOa 95 97 1 45} COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.Ja..July - 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 6p e,1873 Do.Ap & Oct. 1850 Do. 189( Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. -- Ceylon, N0v.1878, 8p c ;Mauritius 6 per cent .. INatal Gov. 6 per cant.. 1N.13.G0v.6 a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oat. N. S.W. Gov. 6 p 18ut Du. sp. c.,18i1 to 1e.7( Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 8 p cent. I Nova Scotia Gov. 6p . c. sterling, 1875...., x „ {Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. VIO. GOV. 8 p.c. Ja.&J u l y - , Do. to 6 p.a. po 19 BRITIS 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold - i,lifford Amalgamated - Devon G. Cone,. (Tavist ) - East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd - East Caradon ..... - last Cam Brea... - H. Russel (Tavistk.) - IGam.dySt.Aubyn(Gwen - 0 rest South Tolgus 1 - , G. I Wheal Vor (lielston - ,Grenville - Llemd's-Foot ...... liingston Downs - Lady Bertha - Margaret ((Jay Lelant - '%larke Valley.. 11yudy Iron Ore (Lim.) - New Setun • North Downs • N. Wh '1 Basset (Mogan, • North Wheal Croft} , • Par Consols (St. Blazey) • Providence (Uny Lelnt.) • South Caradon(St.Cleer • S. Carn Brea (Illogan) • S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan,' • Stray Park ramarSi/v..t Lead Min l'in Crott West Basset (Illogan) W Cr radon (Liskeard) West Setoa Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Kedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Ludeott ........ Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), Wheal Deton Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)l Wheal Union.. PREFERENCE SHARES, Great Western Orig. 4} per cent pf., 96 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 100} NorthfEastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent.„ — Ditto, 4} per cent red., 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 111 12 Great Eastern, Woodbridge Ext. 4 per cent., 82 Midland Bradford pf. stock, 91 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 123 Victoria Station and Pimlico, 162 ORE/ON Antwerp and Rott F erdam, t 5 RA IL WA YS. k Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Dutch Rhenish,ll4 Great Luxembourg, 10} Sambre and Meuse, 6i 1} FOREIGN MM ES. United Mexican lim), 6 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lim., 21 1 BANKS. Albion, 5f 41 Alliance ( 1 1m.). 55;"4} 3k 4i Ditto, new, 49f Anglo Austrian, 71 1 Bank of British Columbia,'ls'l Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 39i Consolidated Bank, Urn., 101 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20i European Bank, Um., t 4). Hindustan, China, and Japan (1i m .) , 3 2 a 3 11'„2 Imperial Bank (lim.), Ditto, new, 24 Imperial Bank of china, India,:and Japan, lim., 5i it Imperial Ottoman, 17 14 International B , nk, lim., 18f Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 5,1 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 15j London and Couuty-, 43f London Joint Stock, 453 6 5/ 31 London and 11 estminster 97 Metropolitan and Provincial Hut, 25 1 5 Seinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim Bank, 121 South Eastern , 11m., sk Union of A ustralia, 52 Union of London, 521 f 2 1 CKS. London and St. Katharine, DO 70 City Offices, Ern., 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 83 if Credit Fonder, 12. Credit Mobil r, 12; 12 Discount Corporation,il9i. Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Ern.,l3 4 I Fore -street Warehouse, Um, t Hudson's Bay, 163 Humber Iron Works, 3 Iruperil Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 81 International Financial society, lint, 91 if Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour„,.6 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 7 6,1 London Financial Association, lira., 21 4 1 7i Ditto, new, 184 Lnndon general Omnibus Company, 34 National Dieount Company, lint, 1 33 South Australian Land, 294 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 7 6 1 7 Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., 61 Warraut FlllB,lloe, 111 m, 41 6 et 60 25 26 L 0.16.4 'his day. all 100 I (100 {lOO 2 all 100 99 102 i --- 3 32 580 590 67 69 7 9 4} 5 f 75 85 , I 1 2 2i f I 3 3) 40 42 :00 520 42a 47a 28 $0 78 19 8 9 94 101 215 220 92 85 18 20 2.0.6 3.5.8 8 58i 7 1i 2 14 16 210 215 19 21 1i 2 97 99 96 08 96 98 94 WO 103 11014 106 108 107 a [O9 110 1 IG9i 27 28 7 1 71 5 So 5 7 2 2i 27 28 24 I 7 1 8 7* 88 40 31 41 100 100 100 100 100 3.4.0 8.13.0 17; 40 6.16. r 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 4.3 0 I 191 3 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.0.7 1} i 18.18.91 i30.17.6i POLICE INTELLIGENGE—Tiais Day. MARLDOROUGII-STREET. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE THROUGH JEALOUSY.—John Williams, of Brewer-street, Golden.- square, charged with stabbing his wife, Annie Williams, in the throat, with intent to murder her, was again brought before Mr Knox. Mr Lswis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prisoner. The evidence taken on the last occasion showed that a constable (William Conquest, C div sion) saw the prisoner go up to his wife in Leicester-lquare, near the Alhambra Palace, and place his hand on her throat. The wife then ran away into the Sabloniere Hotel followed by the pri soner, and on the constable going into the hotel to see the cause, he found that the wife was stabbed in the neck. The prisoner was then taken into custody, and subsequently the parts of an instrument were picked up near the spot. On the prisoner being placed at the bar to-day. Mr John Skegg, 2, St Martin's-place, M.R.C.S., said— About half-past 10 on the night of the 25th ult. I was called to the Sabloniere Hotel. She had an incised wound on the neck, was very faint, and appeared to have lost a good deal of blood. The wound was on the left side of the neck and it was about half-an-inch in length. Mrs Annie Williams, the prosecutrix, said—Before I kiss the book I wish to state that I will not press the charge. I was as much to blame as my husband. Mr Knox—You must be sworn. Mrs Williams was then sworn, and said—On the night of the 25th ult. I was walking with a gentleman in Leices"• ter-square about half-past 10 o'clock in the evening. My husband came up and spoke to me, and I told him to go away. My husband asked me to go and live with him and be comfortable, as we had always been. I told him I would not. He then said that rather than see me with another man he would see me dead. He then put his hand to my neck, and I put up my hand, and caught the instrument in my hand, and found that I was stabbed. When I caught hold of the instrument it was broken in two. I then ran into the Sabloniere Hotel and into the coffee-room, and I told them to send for the nearest medical man, and they did so, and a medical gentleman attended, Mr Skeggs. By Mr Lewis—Recently there has been a disagreement between me and my husband. I have been the cause of it, and he has complained of my mode of life. Shortly before this occurrence he left the house where we had been residing. We were not living together at the time of this occurrence, having been apart for about 6 weeks; but I have seen him On the 25th he was the worse for drink, and has been so fre quently since he left me. He has begged of me to live with him again. Mr. Cutcliffe, supposed to be my father, sur geon, has attended me since, and I am now quite well. The evidence having been read over by Mr Nokes, the chief clerk, Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk, or not, at the time ? Inspector Wilson—He was not drunk, I believe, but very excited. Mr Thomas Wright, of Ranelagh-street, called by Mr Lewis, said—l saw the prisoner near 11 o'clock on the night of the 25th of August, I am the cashier at the Alhambra Palace, and noticed the prisoner walking up and down, staggering as if he was intoxicated. I certainly believe he was intoxicated. The prisoner was hen committed for trial. Mr Lewis—l have to apply that the prisoner may be admitted to bail. Mr Knox—l must refuse to take bail. Mr Lewis—l can produce evidence that he has always borne au irreproachable character, Mr Knox—l cannot take bail. I believe the prisoner intended to take his wife's life. Mr Lewis—l shall apply to a judge at Chambers. Mr Knox—That course is open to you, THAMES. REVERSE OP FORTUNE. —PAINFUL CASE.—William Gingell, a labourer in the service of the London and Vic toria Dock Company was brought before Mr Paget charged with stealing 43 cigars valued at 14s and stated to be the best in England. The prisoner, who was much, affected was formerly a gentleman of for tune, and in four years squandered a for tune of £25,000. After several vicissitudes he became a day labourer. His family at home are in some distress, and his wife was confined with herlast child four days ago. He now appeared)n the felons' dock on a most serious charge. Mr Thomas Pepham, gate keeper of the up town ware. house of the London and Victoria Dock Company, Mino ries, said the prisoner had been employed there two years. Yesterday afternoon he searched the prisoner, and rubbed him down in the usual manner, and found upon him 43 cigars. A portion of them were concealed in his bosom and the remainder in his stockings fastened round his legs with red tape. He said to the prisoner " How came you to be so foolish as to do this ?'' and he said " Tnere is illness at home." The prisoner had borne a most excellent character, The prisoner faintly said he was guilty. Mr Addington, inspector of gatekeepers, said that he was desired by his superintendent to say he had known the prisoner 20 years, and that he had borne an irreproachable character. Mr Paget—That tells both ways. The prisoner has robbed his employers in a very ingenious manner. It is a very serious matter. I sentence the prisoner to be impri soned for two months and to be kept to hard labour. A VERY BID Sox.—Edmund Clay, aged 20, was charged with stealing a scarf shawl, valued at 10s„ the property of his widowed mother. The prosecutrix said she was very sorry to appear against her son. She was sorry to say he was a very bad fellow. He would not work, and preferred an idle life to living on the fruits of his own industry. He had robbed her several times. He had become too well acquainted with a bad set of male and female companions. On Tuesday last he robbed her of a scarf shawl, and sold it for 2s 9d at a leav ing shop. The prisoner, with an air of indifference, said "Guilty ; my Lord." Ho was sentenced to three months' imprieon• ment and hard labour. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. Only a moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to our market to-day. The demand, however, was by no means active; nevertheless, prices both of red and white qualities ruled firm. The market was well supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat. Generally speaking, the trade ruled quiet, yet no change took place in prices comparea with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. The trade for most qualities sold firm at full quotations.; The malt trade was steady at late rates. With oats the market was extensively supplied ; the de mand, however, was of full average extent, and the recent advance in prices was supported. Beans and peas ruled firm at quite previous rates. The flour trade was steady at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS weEx. Wheat. Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 1,530 230 1,940 260 1,690 Irish Foreign 11,810 9,690 52,940 9,860 brls. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. But moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these mar• kets. For good and prime qualities there is a steady de. mand at full prices; otherwise, the trade is dull. Per 81b. by the carcase. tl a d Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Riddling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Fritne large do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 edsd Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Vaal. Small pork .. 4 4 4 8 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The plantation accounts are MO;favourable, and the demand for hops rules heavy, In prices, however, com pared with the last report, very little change has taken place. New hops are selling at £6 10s to £9 per cwt., th quality of the crop being very fine. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been ve;; . dull, operations being deferred until the publio sales, which commence on Tues day next. SUGAR.—OnIy a limited amount of business has been transacted in West India, and previous prices have been with difficulty maintained. In the refined market common kinds are quoted 48s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for colonial de scriptions, and both Plantation and Native Ceylon have realised full rates. RICE.—A fair business has been done in low and inferior qualities, at full prices. TALLOW.-,-Tho market has shwa symptoms of depres sion atter the late advance. P.Y,C. on the spot has de clined to 42s 9d, and for last three months delivery to 44s 61 per cwt. GREENOCK.—A BOAT RUN DOIVN AND MAN DROWNED.—On Tuesday evening, about half-past S o'clock, as the Belfast mail steamer Lynx was proceeding down the river, when off the Battery Point, Greenock, she ran down a small rowing boat, one of the occupants of wh;ch, Daniel M'Donald, joiner and blockmaker, Greenock, was drowned. The deceased had been out fishing at the bank, along with his son, a young lad 14 years of age, and Mr Fleming, of Lawrie and Fleming, carvers and gilders, Greenock, and they were pulling home. As they were crossing the channel they observed the mail steamer coming down with her lights up, but thinking she was further off than she in reality was, it being then dark and wet, it was thought they could easily pass her. The steamer, however, struck the small boat amidships and cut her in two. Mr Fleming and the boy were picked up by a boat lowered from the steamer, but M'Donald sank almost immediately after the collision. liis body was found at Gourock on Wednesday. lfl 12i 6 i 61 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEIVIBER 2, 1864. THE TRAGEDY IN HATTON GARDEN. ADJOURNED INQUEST—THIS DAY, The adjourned inquest on the body of Mrs Wilkinson was resumed this day at the Three Tuns Tavern, Cross-street, Hatton-garden. The inquiry, it will be recollected, was adjourned in order to enable the coroner to communicate with Sir Grey to ob tain the attendance of the prisoner. The application had been successful, and the accused man this morning was in attendance, in custody of an inspector of the S The first witness examined was Mrs Turnbull, the aunt of the witness Collier, who gave her evidence befize the magistrate, She merely reptated the statement as to the prisoner entering her bedroom and pulling his wife out at her bed and kicking her - violently. Ann Chadwick said she had known Mrs Wilkinson for two years. The deceased often told her of her husband's illusage, but that he always was anxious to make it up with her. Sho saw her last Sunday about 8 o'clock, when she told her what had occurred at the railway station. She said she and her husband had quarrelled, and that he had struck her in the eye. She left witness's place at 10 o'clock and went home, but she said she should not go into her own room until her husband was asleep, as be was sure to be quarrelling with her, and she was afraid of him when tipsy, but that he was always kind to her when sober. By a Juror --The bruise on the eye was not visible.when she saw her. She appeared quite well when she left her, Polioe-constable 116 G said he took the prisoner into cus. tody. He asked him how he accounted for the marks ou the deceased, He said, " Well, there was some blows on Friday last, but none since. Police constable 1 G said, the prisoner was brought to the police station at Clerkenwell about half-past one on Sunday morning. He informed the prisoner he was charged with a serious offence, and, having cautioned him, he said, "It's not what I've done to-night, it's what I did on Friday." Mrs Collier recalled—She had never heard the prisoner threaten the life of his wife. The Coroner, in summing up the evidence, said it was for them to consider the charge, which was e very serious one against Henry Wi!kinson, who was supposed to have murdered his wife, It would be for them to consider whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain An accusation of wilful murder. The coroner went through the evidence, and stated that, according to the testimony of the medical gentleman, the injury which caused the death of the unfor tunate woman did not arise from any violence she might have sustained on the Friday, but from a rapture of the spleen, which, however, w as i n a di seased state. The kick which it had been proved the prisoner had inflicted on the deceased appeared to have caused that rupture, and, under all the circumstances, they would have to show whether the blow was inflicted with the malicious intention of killing the woman. If they should be of that opinion, then it would be their duty to return a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner, but if they thought that tie had been guilty of unintentionally causing her death, they would return a verdict of manslaughter. The jury then returned to consider their verdict, and after about half-an-hour's absence, returned to the inquest room. In answer to the questions of the Coroner, The foreman of the jury said they were opinion that the prisoner did not contemplate killing his wile, and they therefore returned a verdict of manslaughter against him, The prisoner, a man about 30 years of age, of the middle height, with sharp features, and deeply pitted by small-pox, during the time the jury were in deliberation seemed to sulfa the greatest anxiety, Immediately the verdict was pronounced he seemed for the moment entirely prostrate, but he quickly recovered himself and burst into tears. He was then taken from the room, and on making his appear ance in the street on his way to the Clerkenwell Police- Court, to which he was conveyed in a cab, the crowd made some little attempt at hissing, but it quickly subsided as an immense number of idlers followed to the cab with a view of "getting another glimp se o f th e pr i soner. The final examination of the prisonar took place at Clerkenwell Police Court shortly after the termination of the inquest. The same witnesses were examined, and a simi lar conclusion was the result. 'Gus. Position ;he South. The following letter from General Seymour de scribes the present position of affairs in the Sonth. General Seymour was one of the prisoners of war who were placed under fire at Charleston, and has just been released. The letter is addressed to Mr. Dodge, of New York : " Williamstown, Massachusetts, Aug. 15. "My clear Sir,--You ask for my impressions of the pre sent condition of the Southern Confederacy, end you shall have them, For the benefit of our cause I wish they might be impressed upon every soul in the land, that the confidence begotten of my three months' observations in the interior of the South might be shared by every man who has the least connection with the responsibilities of this struggle, and I am sure that these. opinions are not peculiar to myself. Every one of the 50 racers just exchange:. will express the same; every one of our men, whether from the gaols of Charleston, or the pene of Macon and Anderson ville, will confidently tell the sarue story. The rebel cause is fest failing from exhaustion. Their two grand armies have been reinforced this summer from the last resources of the South. From every corner of the land every old man and every boy capable of bearing a rifle has been impressed, willingly or unwillingly, and hurried to the front. Lee's army was the first so strengthened, it was at the expense of Hood's. Governor Brown told the truth with a plainness that was very bitter, but it was none the less truth. Let me extract a few prominent statements from his proclamation of July 9, addressed to the reserved militia of Georgia : ' A late correspondence with the President of the Confede rate States satisfies my mind that Georgia is to be left to our own resources to supply the reinforcements to General Johnston's army, which are indispensable to the protection of Atlanta, and to prevent the State being overrun by the overwhelming numbers now under the command of the Federal General upon our soil. But there is need of further reinforcements, as will be seen by the accompanying letter of General Johnston ; . . and it becomes my duty to call out every man in the State able to bear arms, as fast as they can be armed, to aid in the defence of our homes and altars and the graves of our ancestors. If the Confederate Go vernment will not send the large cavalry force (now engaged in raiding and repelling raids) to destroy the long line of railroads over which General Sherman brings his supplies from Nashville, and thus compel him to retreat with the loss of most of his army, the people of Georgia, who have already been drawn upon more heavily in proportion to population than those of any other States in the Confederacy, must, at all hazards and at any sacrifice, rush to the front. If General Johnson's army is destroyed, the Gulf States are thrown open to the enemy, and we are ruined.' There must, indeed, have been desperate weakness when Georgia, and the Southern cause with it, wereso neglected that Lee's army might be made equal to the task of holding Grant to the Potomac or the James; and the people of the Suuth are intelligent enough to understand and to appreciate the fact, and they have lost heart accordingly. The following ia trona a letter written by one rebel to another, that aecidev.tally fell into the hands cf one of my fellow prisoners, and for the authenticity of which I vouch Very few persons are preparing to obey the late call of the Governor. His sum mons will meet with no response here. The people are so•al sick and heartily tired of this hateful, hopeless strife. 'Th e y would end it if they could, but our would-be rulers 'will take good care that no opportunity be given the peo",,ie to vote against it. By lies, by fraud, and by chicane ry his revolu tion was inaugurated ; by force, by tyrareny, and by the ugpression of truth it is sustained, D' is nearly time that iz should end;. and of sheer depletiees it must end before long. We have had enough of wivat and of woe, enough of cruelty and carnage, enough of cripples and corpses. There is an abundance of bereaved parents, weeping widows, and orphaned children in the bend. If we can, let us not increase the number. The men `oho, to aggrandise themselves, or to gratify their own ambition, brought this cruel war• upon a peaceful and prosperous country, will have to render a 'earful account of their misdeeds to a wronged, robbed, and outraged people. Earth has no punishment sufficiently meet for their villany here, and hell will hardly be hot enough to scathe them hereafter.' There is certainly no small propor tion of the Southern people—despite the lying declarations of their generals, as we had good reason to learn --that not only favours the progress of our arms, but that daily prays that this exterminating war may soon be brought to a finality by our complete and perfect success. They have had too much of despotism, not enoughof the triumph promised them. Many intelligent Southern gentlemen do indeed ex press strong hopes of their ultimate independence; but such hope is not shared by the masses. Disappointed from the first in not being acknowledged by foreign Powers, more bitterly disappointed in their general expectations that Northern cowardice or dissension would secure their ends, but a single chance remains, and that is the result of our next election for President. If a Democrat succeeds to Mr Lincoln, they profess to feel sure of negotiations and their Confederacy. They believe a Democrat will be elected. In fir Lincoln's re - election they see only suljugation, anni hilation; for the war must then continue, and continuance is their failure and ruin. In military affairs it is an excel lent rule never to do what the enemy desires; it is not equally true in politics ? Certain it is that the remaining hope of the South lies in Mr Lincoln's defeat. Now, I am not enough of a politician to know whether the election of 4 Domuorat San roaul* ao envouraoiy to the South as it an ticipates. Their wish alone may be the parent of their belief. But I assured all who expressed that belief that the North, as a mass, is as united as the South— that no Democrat could be elected on a peace platform, and that any President who would inaugurate any mea sure leading to peace, on the basis of Southern indepen dence, would be promptly hung, by loyal acclamation, to the lamp post in front of his own presidential mansion. However that may be, if we are but true to ourselves there can be but one result. What we now need is men, only men. No substitutes or hirelings, who go forth with any motive but their country's good, and produce but little beyond depreciating our armies; but men, such as really constitute the State, and boast of being freemen and sons of freemen. If thse fail to support their country's cause in her hour of peril, they are unworthy of continuing freemen, and should blush ever to exercise a freeman's privileges. But if bounties be paid let it be in Southern land, net in Northern gold, and armies of emigrants, whose sons may aspire to win the rule of the nation, will cross the seas to win the broad acres that disloyalty has forfeited to the State. To every intelligent soldier who has fought through all these indecisive campaigns, on almost numberless indecisive fields, the question ccntinuslly arises, with touching force, why do we not overwhelm our enemies ? Tens of thousands of lives are lost because our array of strength is so dispro portionately less than that against which we battle. Every where we meet on nearly equal terms, when we might well have four to one. The cost to us in blood and treasure of a prolonged war can hardly be foreseen—the economy is in finite of such an effort as the glorious North should put forth. The South will fight as long as the struggle is equal, it will submit to such preponderance as we should show in every field. Glance at the summer's campaigns. If Sherman had but 50,000 or 75,000 more men the South would be lost, because Hood would be annihilated. If Meade had moved in the spring with reserves of 75,000 or 100,000 men Lee would have been hoplessly crushed, Even at this moment a third column of 40,000 or 50,000 men, rightly moved would give unopposed blows to the Confede racy from which she could never rise. What folly, then, to struggle on in this way, when we could send to the field five times the force already there. What weakness to think we cannot conquer the South. Behind the James only boys and old men are to be seen, while here men buy and sell as in the olden days of quiet, and regiments of able-bodied citizens crowd the streets of our cities, There is but one course consistent with Northern safety and honour. Let the people awake to a sense of their dignity and strength, and a few months of comparatively trifling exertion of such effort as alone is worthy of the great North, and the rebellion will crumble before us. Fill this draught promptly and willingly with good and true men, send a few spare thousands over rather than under the call, and the summer sun of 1865 will shine upon a regenerated land. There are seme who speak of peace. Of all Yankees the Southern most scorns those who do not fight, but are glad enough to employ them, as they do their slaves, to perform their dirty work. Peace for the South would be sweet indeed —for us, except through Southern subjugation, but anarchy and war for ever, The Pacific the Western, the Eastern States would at once fall asunder. The South would be dominant, and the people of the North would deserve to be driven afield, under negro owners, to hoe corn and cotton for Southern masters, But no faint - hearted or short-sighted policy can set aside the eternal decrees of the Almighty, who has planted no line of division between the Atlantic and the Western deserts, between the great lakes and the Gulf of Mexico, that signifies His will that we should be separated ; and unless so separated peace is a delusion, and its advocacy a treason against the wisest and holiests interests of our country, It has been with a trust that renewed hope and vigour might be given, when vigour and hope are needful, that I have written, and you have my consent to using this as you please, and I am very truly yours, TRUMAN SEyluoun, Brigadier-General United States' Volunteers," FEARFUL EPIDEMIC AT BERMUDA AND NASSAU. —By the arrival of the Canadian mail steamer Hibernian, we have been placed in possession of intelligence respecting an epidemic which is now decimating the islands of Bermuda and Nassau, To such a fearful extent has the epidemic spread in these two islands that the resident medi cal practitioners are quite unable to cope with this terrible emergency, and all the principal army surgeons of the British troops in Canada have gone to assist them. A gen tleman writing from headquarters says regret to learn that the yellow fever has this season broken out with great virulence at Bermuda, and has made a great deal of havoc among the troops and civilians stationed there, numbers of whom, both officers and men, have fallen victims to the dis ease. The consequence has been a call for medical aisstance from all the military surgeons now in Canada, and a num ber of them have left for Portland, en rout,: for Halifax, from whence they will proceed to Bermuda." "Not only is the yellow fever devastating Bermuda, but Nassau was never in such a frightful state as at present." The lever, is appears, was first brought to Nassau by a steamer from Havana or Wilmington about tbree months ago, and since then the number of deaths, especially amongst the Euro peans and those engaged in the blockade running business, has been enorrar Royal National Lifeboat Institution, A meeting of this institution was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Captain Sir Ed ward Perrott, Bart., M.P., in the chair. There were also present George Lyall, Esq., M.P. ; Col. Palmer, W. H. }Luton, Eiq., Admiral Bullock, Capt. Da St. Croix, and Capt. Ward, R.N., the in spector of lifeboats of the institution. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, rewards, amounting to 162 were voted to the crews of the lifeboats of the institutions stationed at Pembrey, Margate, New Brighton, Caistor, and Arklow, for going off' to vessels in reply to signals of distress in stormy weather, but whose crews had been saved by other means before the arrival of the lifeboats. It was reported that the lifeboats had on every ocectaion behaved very well. The silver medal of the Institution, and a copy of its vote on parchment, were voted to Miss Le Geyt, a resident of Bath, in acknowledgment of her noble and courageous conduct in rescuing two lads from drowning at Lyme Regis, on the 4th ult. Miss Le Goyt had been a visitor at Lyme Regis for some few weeks, and on the day in question was out rowing in a small boat in company with a lady friend. The two lads were out playing at the extremity of the outer pier, and by some means unfortunately fell into the sea. Upon seeing the accident Miss Le Geyt immediately rowed at much risk through the broken water to their rescue, and throwing an oar to one of the boys, and holding the other lad in her arms until further assistan ce came , s h e f or t u nat e l y was the means of savi ng th em b ot h f rom a wa t ery grave. A reward of £2 was a l so voted to a boat's cre w f or putting off and saving 3 out of 5 of the crew of a fishing boat which had capsized in a heavy gale near Clogher Head, Louth Harbour, on the 11th of June last. Two men were unfortunately drowned on the occasion. A reward was likewise granted to four men for putting off i n a shore boat and rescu i ng, at consi derable risk of lif e, e i ght persons from a fi s h ing boat which had struck on a sunken rock d uring stormy weather off North R oe , Shetland, 011 the 24th o f May last. A reward of £3 was also voted to several fisher men for saving six Coastguardsmen Whose boat wa s capsized off Ferriter's Cove, Dingle, county Kerry, on the sth of July last. Various other reward s were a l so gr ant e d to the crews of shore boats and o th ers f or sa vin g lif e from different wrecks on the coast of the United Ki ng dom. a Payments, amounting t o £l , BOO, wereleboat at made at various lifeboat establishment s , a nd several lifeboatr s o I t houses were ordered to be built on various p the coast, The meeting decided to station a new if Caistor, near Great Yarmouth, and to appropriate the same to Birmingham,- where the residents had lifeboat,collecte collected theCaistor cosa one of cost amounting most galant £450, of a °- - t. important life. boat stations on the coast. The institution had, during the Past month, sent new lifeboats to the Land's End, Cardigan, end P orthdi n llaen.The t Great e North Western, and b connectin g railway com panies had,with their usual liberalit y, readily given a free conveyance to all the lifeboat s . Ancient The lifeboat presented Foresters b institution by th e a d 1 during the p as t week, been exhibited at the Crystal P a l ace, and had excited general attention and admiration. The boat will remain there until the evening o f the sth inst. The cost of a second boat is also being collected amongse the members of the order, its new i nstruct i ons for The Horse Guards had applied t o t h e i nst i tution a pparently d rowned, in order t for he a r n e s a t o d r d a i that the same might be extensiv e l y c i rculated in every hospital and barracks of the B r i tish army at French po r t s were t t i i o o n n al of s t u h p e p a l y o f oetareuleeis the e anslat e d and eircu, trust that mayors, town at this p er i o d o f t h e n h a o y m in e g an t d he a s b e ro v a a d i . nab S l lated on the coast, and we commissioners, and others year, assist the institution in extensively distribut ing these directions on the Coast, banks of rivers, docks, and elsewhere. The French Government had instructed Capitune de Vaissean de la Roche Kerandraon, of the Im perial navy, to visit the institution and some of it s lifeboat stations, with the view of making himself acquainted with the mode of the operations of the society on the coast of the United Kingdom. Messrs. Forrestt are now building, three lifeboats for the French Government, under the superin. tendence of the institution. HOPE ON AN ICEBERG.—Labt Week a bottle eon. taining the following note was washed ashore at Buckle, Banffshi e :—" Long. 7 30 west, lat. 80 35 north.—Whaler Sardine sank, having been in collision with an iceberg. Crew betaken to the ice. hope some ship may soon ap pear, as cur provisions are nearly exhausted.—JoHN WIL LIAMS, Captain,—July 30, 18G1." BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) 15,953,200 8,848,20 27,849,900 18,139,550 409,200 331,600 8,363,652 AD, VIJITAT. THE HARVEST. MURDEROUS ATTACK.-By the arrival of H.M.'s surveying steamer Beaver we have a fall account of the melancholy but' not unexpected murder of Alexander M‘Donald and several of his party while on their way through from Bentiack-arm to Fort Alexandria. On the 17th of May M'Donald and his party started from New Aberdeen, at the head of Bentinck-arm, for Fort Alexandria, on the Fraser. They had 42 pack animals, 28 of which were loaded with goods for the mines, valued at between 4,009 and 5,000 dols. On arriving at Naneootloon Lake, about 75 miles from the arm, the met with a party of Indians, com posed of part of the Chilcoaten, Tatla, and Sitleece tribes, among them being two of the murderers of Mr Wadding ton's party at Eute. MWougall's squaw,who was a daughter of one of the Chilcoaten chiefs, here learnt from one of her old tillicums that the Indians intended to rob and murder the whole party, and at once informed the packers, who, becoming alarmed, beg an t o re t race t h e i r steps, when they were attacked by th e savages. T wo of the num b er , M , Dou gall and Higgins, fell from their horses at the first fire, the latter shot through the breast; M‘Donald's horse was shot under him, on which he mounted another, which was also shot down. He then took to the bush, and when last seen was standing behind a tree shooting at the Indians with his revolver. Barney Johnson was badly wounded in the face and breast by heavy shot, and a ball passed through his horse's head, killing the animal and tearing open the rider's cheek. Malcolm M'Leod was wounded with shot, and his hand badly torn by a ball. Grant got a ball through his arm and his side filled with shot. Frederick Harrison was also considerably cut up. Farquharson was the only one who escaped unhurt, although his horse was shot un der him. He escaped into the bush, where he was four days wandering about without food, except berries, not daring to return to the trail for fear of being seen by the Indians. He at last made his way back to the head of She Arm. 31‘Dou gall's squaw was also shot by the Indians, and all the horses and property carried off. Grant found his way to Mr Hamil ton's ranch, and burst in upon the family, his face and body streaming with blood, telling them of the massacre. They at once packed up a few valuables, and taking their arms and ammunition, hastened down to the river and embarked M a canoe. They had hardly got afloat when the blood-. thirsty villains appeared on the high bark above them. They did not fire, however, being intent on plundering the house, and the little party fortunately made their escape unhurt. The New Westminster Volunteers landed at Ben tinck-arm on Sunday, the 19th, and started at once after the murderers. They were accompanied by 30 Bella Coola Indians, who had been supplied with arms by Governor Seymour. A force of Marines, probably 60 or 70 in number, would be despatched by Admiral Kingcome, to follow the Volunteers and reader all the assistance in their power. Governor Seymour started across for Fort Alexandria on the following Monday.-- Victoria (Vancouver) Colonist, Juno 28. Ex TENSIVEEMB EZZ LEMEN T.—We regret to learn that the cashkeepor in a large stockbroking concern in Liverpool has absconded, leaving deficiencies in his ac• counts to an amount variously estimated at from £lO,OOO to £16,000. It is said that the books of the concern have been falsified in the most dexterous maLn:r, balances being struck fortnightly, and nothing left to create the slightest suspi• don in the minds of the principals. The absentee is a single man, about 40 years of age, and it is said that his extensive transactions on tho turf have been the cause of his ruin. As a proof of the reckless manner in which he - acted, it is said that for th e St. Leger he had backed Scot tish Chief for £l,OOO, and the horse having been scratched, he was a loser to the full amount. It is believed that the defaulter has sailed for America under the assumed name of Smith.—. Liverpool PLYMOUTH, Sept. 10 S.M.—Last night the second officer of the Spanish schooner Sirena, Captain Arranda, arrived here from Tor Point. He reports that the schooner was of and from T. arragona, in ballast, bound for Norway. On Monday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock, she was run down and sunk by a steamship, name unknown. Three of the crew got on board the steamer. The other escaped in the long boat, in „ , T 1 • 1 and CCI Whitesand Bay, and RIS, September 1. The foll ow i ng is the return, of the Bank of France ' for the week, together with the corresponding figures of the previous account DR. SEPT. 1. Capital of the Bank . 182,5 c. 00,000 Profits in addit ion toCapital (Art. S law June 9.;1857) 5,1.18,115 66 5135,765 32 Reserve in the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,003 Notes in circul a ti on 767,768,725 -- 767,100,725 Bank not es t o or d er an d re AUGUST 25. 152,500,000 ceipts payable at sight 6,052,412 41 6, 015 ,, 35 91 Treasury Iw , cur. creditor 68,625,0( . 4 45 66,034,467 15 Current accounts—Paris 114,081,075 25 104,474.6 i 9 75 Do. branch-banks 27,994,045 25,956,923 Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests 9,166,141 80 8,311,392 86 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1,228,202,891 88 1,210,44424 83 CR. Cash in hand and branch banks 279,353,777 83 280,595,089 40 Commercial bills overdue 1,188,074 36 327,027 97 Commercial bills discour.ted not yet due ....... 312,539,098 57 323,748,440 41 Do. branc h - banks 303,409,585 292,137,502 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch-banks 3,615,900 3,328,000 Advances on Frenchp u bli c securities .. Do, branch-banks... .. 8,636,650 Advanceson railway shares and sdebentures ....... . 27,769,600 Do. branch-banks..., 17,917,600 Advances on Credit Fon der Bond ' s .... 413,100 Do. branch-banks.... 333,950 Advances to the State (Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve ..., 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) Hotel and furniture of the Bank Lauded pr o p er t y, b ranches - Expenses of management 1,119,873 06 953,329 15 Sundries 5,525,163 16 4,800,516 1,228,202,891 88 1,210,442,424 83 Certified by the Honorary Vice-PreEident of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, Dtnnvsurne.—During the past week the weather has been very favourabl e for harvest operations, and corn cutting is going on in all parts of this county. Seldom or ever was a finer season experienced in this locality for the ingather ing of the crops, and in the south part of Derbyshire a good portion of the corn is already satelylmused. In the north a fair quantity of corn has been stacked, bat the greater bulk is still stand ng. The root crops, although much benefited by the late rain, will in nine eases out of ten prove a failure. The nights during the past week have been very frosty. This will materially tend to ripen the outstanding corn in the Peak ; and if fine weather continues no doubt the whole of the corn will be safely stacked and housed in about ten days. As regards the wheat crop accounts vary ; in some places it is pretty good, while in others there will be a deficiency. The barley crop turns out better than was expected. Beans vary—in some parts the yield will be very good, in others very poor. Oats in most parts of the country are turning out a poor crop, the grain being poorly fed, and the straw very short. Farmers in the north of the county are still carting water from the rivers to keep their cattle alive, SCOTLAND.—The past week has been unusually favour able for harvest °pet ations, and in lowland districts cutting has been pushed on so vigorously, alike by manual and mechanical means, that comparatively little now remains to be reaped. In East Lothian leading has been going on fora week or ten days, and many stackyards are already beginning to assume a full appearance. In Mid and West Lothians there were a few fields cleared last week, but I carrying did not generally commence until Monday. Osttng to the shortness of the straw the crops are not bulking so well in the stack, but the heads of the wheat are on the whole of fair average size, and it is ex pected will yield tolerably well on the barn floor. There is no doubt that barley, as a rule, will, though deficient in straw, turn out a superior crop. Oats will bo a small return, much under the average over the whole country, but there are many fields as strong as any farmer could wish. The qualay of all the grain promises to be more than ordinarily good, owing to the fine dry sunny weather which has pre vailed ever since harvest came in. Farmers are at some loss just now as to whether they should with for dry weather or rain. In the eastern districts of Scotland especially the green crop is suffering much from lack of moisture; and, iinloce rain eniznoa Doan, it will be very small. In the more western and northern localities, though not so far behind, the turnips are still backward, and cannot possibly turn out a full crop without rain coming soon; and, indeed, it is problematical, if the yield will prove an average even then. As beef and mutton are so much more valuable than corn just now it is re garded as a very serious matter that there should be a dan ger of turnips and grass falling short. However, on the whole, most husbandmen who occupied mixed land—arable and pasture—would prefer another week or ten days of fair weather, so that they might get their grain safely under " thack and rope." The potatoes, though not neatly so large a crop as last year, are still a fair yield, and the price is much higher than at this time last season, with the pros pect of going up. Beans are generally good. For the last -Itsw days we have had threatening of rain, but nothing more than a few slight showers, which did no injury to the , grain in stook, have fallen. Rivers and burns are very low, and in many places great scarcity of water for cattle and horses is experienced.—Scotsman. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SWITZERLAND. ._____ - ----,1. _-__ NERVE, Sept. 2.—The election of M. Cheneviere to the Geneva Council of state was declared valid by the Federal Council today. Geneva is quiet. MIR/ EDITION SUN OFFICE, ►SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day WEYMOUTH RACES-THIS DAY. (RI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) NURSERY HANDICAP. Engsleigh ........................................ 1 Latitude .......................................... 2 Eight ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Oldminstor PeHos ..................................... ........ Mountain Doe ...................................... 4 SELLING STAKES. Rapid We© Aggie 2 Diploma 3 HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Rosette 1 Wee Aggie 2 Three ran. COUNTY CUP—No race. LONDON GAZETTE ---This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, Aro. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr Thomas Kirkpatrick as Consul of Nassau, New Providence, for the United States of America. ADMIRALTY, Aug. 31. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant Albert Higman,to be Captain, vice Noott, who retired—Second Lieutenant Jasper Nicolls Harrison to be First Lieutenant, vice Higman, promoted. AUG. 20. The, following promotions have been made :—Mr Michael Harris to be Acting Engineer, with seniority of 24th May, 1861—Mr Thomas Goldsmith Woodfield to be First Class Assistant-Engineer, with seniority of 2d August, 1864 Mr John William Owen to be First Class Assistant-Engi neer, with seniority of 2d August. 1861—Mr Hugh Bur stow to be First Class Assistant-Engineer, with seniority of 3d August, 1864 Mr Robert Bruce Nicholson, and Mr James Watson Watson to be First Class Assistant-Engi neers, with seniority of 24th August, 1864—Mr Thomas Henry Tizard to be Master in the Royal Navy, with seniority of 11th June, 1864. AUGUST 31, The following promotions have been made : Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick William Charteris to be Coat man-2 4 .-- Sub-Lieutenants Henry Coey Kane, Edmund George Bourke, and Henry Rose to be Lieutenants. Sub-Lieutenant Richard Benyon Croft to be Lieutenant, confirming. a commission given by Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chiet on the North Ame rica and West India stati on , w ith sen i ority from 2:1 August, 1854. BANKRUPTS, -- • The following aro the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : John Delany, merchant, Islington Aifred Lion, commission ilzerchant, Old Broad • street John Ogden, cotton spinner, Oldham Charles Hunt, brass caster, Birmingham James T. Richards, grocer, Dalstou Thomas Slatford, builder, Holloway John R. Cain, hosier, Leicester Frederick Spurr, hosier, Nottingham Auguste Daniel, water and electro gilder, Frith-street, Soho Henry A. Ringo, grocer, Ipswich William Stein, baker, Shevals-buildings, Mile End Robert B. Howard, dealer in curiosities, High Holborn Thomas Pool, jun., bricklayer, Harrow Wm, liaye, builder, Sutton• street, Soho SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. J. and J. Martin, grocers, Glasgow James Murdoch, grocer, Glasgow William Robertson, plumber, Leith John Fitzsimions, fishmonger, Edinburgh Course of Exchange,--This Day, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1f 12 12- Antwerp ..- .. 25 65 25 70 Brussels .... 26 65 25 70 Hawburgb. Paris ... Short. 25 2.5 25 39 Ditto Marseilles .. — 25 65 25 70 Frankfort on Maine.. 1201 120 k Vienna Trieste 11 76 11 80 Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz 471 471 471 48 Leghorn — 25 75 2b 80 Milan Genoa Naples Palermo.. — 25 771 25 80 Messina — 25 771 ; 25 80 Lisbon - 511 511 Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),..... per oz., £3 17 9 Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 Of CRICKE T, ONR ARM Y. ONE LEG.—The weather proved very fine yesterday, and this burlesque match upon genuine cricket attracted a very large number of spectators, upwards of ' three thousand persons, including a number of the fair sex, being present, a complete ring on the large ground at Ken nington-oval being formed. Soon after 12 o'clock the One- Leg side entered on their second innings, being in a mino rity of 17 of their opponents. The innings finished for 136, leaving the One-Arm 120 to get to win. Time, however, did not permit the game to be played out, and the match was left drawn, the One-Arm scoring 112, with one wicket to fall. The amusement excited during the play was can. siderable. Imagine a one-leg man attempting to catch or run after a ball; he breaks his leg (a wooden one), and the whole of the spectators are convulsed with laughter, which is increased when one of his opponents picks him up and carries him on his back to the retiring room. The veterans themselves seemed to enjoy the fun as well as the spectators, for when attempting to make a run they would throw themselves down, and endeavour with the bat to reach over the popping crease, which convulsed the assemblage with laughter. In the course of the afternoon the children of the Licensed Victuallers' School again attended with their band, Governor Harris, of the Incorporated Society, looking after them as a guardian. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr F. Hill, host of the Surrey Tavern, who provided tea, cake, bread and butter, and fruit for the chil dren (numbering 140) on both days. Bank of England Return.—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 31st day of Aug. 1864: ISSUE DEPAIITMENT. Notes issued ......X26,879,975 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3,634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,229,975 Silver Bullion .... £26,879,973 £26,879,975 :PARTMENT. Government Seen- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,737,095 Other Securities 2'',101,246 Notes Gold and Silver 750,03 Coin f 37,853,274 MILLER, Chief Cashier. BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi- Rest tal '14,553,000 Public Deposits (in- 3,859,557 cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis inissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 5.815,742 Other Deposits— 13,073,751 Seven Day and other Bills . 551,224 £37,853,274 V Sept. 1, 1564. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.--ine Govern • tent emigration agent at Liverpool agent at Liverpool yesterday (Thursday) issued the usual emigration returns from this port for she month ending July. From these returns it o ppars that during the month of August there sailed to the United Sates 22 ships, with 6,765 steerage and 423 cabin passengers —to Canada, four ships, with 511 steerage and 146 cabin passengers—to New South Wales, one ship, with 284 steerage passengers—and to Victoria, two ships, with 992 steerage and 26 cabin passengers— making is total of 29 ships and 8,550 steerage passengers. Tho ships that sailed "not under the act" were—for the United States, 11, with 463 passengers —to Canada, one, with 15 passengers—to New Brunswick, one, with 3 pas sengers —to New South Wales, one, with 71 passengers— t) Victoria, two, with 89 passengers —to South Australia, one, with 2 passengers --to West Coast of Africa, one, with 38 cabin passengers—making a grand total of 2,579 Eng lish, 391 Scotch, 4,112 Irish, and 877 Germans, &c. A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—On Tuesday evening he lookout luau at Bilston Lighthouse observed through his glass toter boys standing about a bank in the channel of the Mersey, numbered 23. They would have inevitably be n swallowed up by the advancing tide, but a lifeboat was sent as soon as possible to their assistance, and they the were r, ;a don,